Lexicon Lift: 5 Daily Words (How familiar are you with these, and in what ways do you utilize them?) - Nov 30, 2023

Impart (Verb)

• Pass on, transmit, or bestow, add, bring, contribute, or lend.
• Transmit (knowledge or skills).
• Example: The initial courses imparted the basics of English Grammar.
• Example: 

Abstract (Adjective, Noun)

• Something that is not a material object, a conceptional, idea.
• Exist only in the mind, Separate from embodiment.
• Example: A large abstract painting.
• Example: An abstract of his inaugural address (As a Noun - A summary of the contents of a formal speech, book, or article).

Academia (Noun)

• The academic world, World of Education.
• The environment or community concerned with the pursuit of education or research.
• Example: He spent his working life in academia.
• Example: If you like school, then you might like academia.

Pledge (Noun, Verb)

• Give as security on a loan (V), A solemn promise, a binding commitment to do (N), A pledge is a serious promise made formally.
• Example: You can pledge allegiance to your country.
• Example: You can pledge to keep a promise.

Defer (Verb)

• To put off or delay, bow, submit, give in.
• Hold back to a later time.
• Example: A landlord can defer rent when a tenant requests to postpone rental payments until a later date.
• Example: You may try to defer the inevitable by pushing the snooze button, but eventually you must get up.

Lexicon Lift: 5 Daily Words (How familiar are you with these, and in what ways do you utilize them?)

1. Mull (verb)
• The Verb MULL means to think deeply about something.
• Reflect deeply on a Subject.
• Example: While they speak, audiences can't help but mull the same question.
2. Leery (Adjective)
• Describe someone who is suspicious of a person or a situation.
• Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.
• Example: She was leery of this whole last-lecture idea.
• Example: If you are leery, it will probably show on your face and in your posture.
3. Oratorical (Adjective)
• Describes the way someone speaks in public.
• Example: I also found myself fantasizing about giving a last lecture that would be the oratorical equivalent of a retiring baseball slugger.
• Example: If you are giving a presentation or a speech, you are using your oratorical skills.
4. Reticence (Noun)
• Remain Silent.
• The Trait of being uncommunicative.
• Example: Given her reticence, I know I had to look honestly at my Motivations.
• Example: As a child, reticence saved him from trouble when his mom asked who ate all the cookies from the jar.
5. Relented (Verb)
• Soften, Succumb, Yield.
• Agree to do or accept something.
• Example: She smiled at me, her dying showman, and finally relented.
• Example: We waited for the storm to relent before we ventured outside.

Lexicon Lift: 5 Daily Words (How Many of them Do you know?)

1. Embrace: 
• To welcome something with open arms.
• Hold. 
• Hug. 
• Accept completely.
• Example: It takes a lot of courage to embrace vulnerability.
2. Logistical: 
• Things you have to carefully plan or Organize.
3. Ruse: 
• An action intended to deceive someone or trick them.
4. Demise: 
• Death of something or someone.
5. Ruminate: 
• Think deeply about something.
• to turn it over and over in your mind.